Jože Celestina

Experience

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  ADD d.o.o.

  Apr 1997 - May 2023

  With my team, our main focus is to recognize and implement the best possible IT solution for our customers. No matter the location. On the public cloud, private cloud, or on-premise. Whatever serves best to the customer's business orientation and financial aspect.We are also responsible for the development of our own ADD.cloud and correlated solutions. "Translate" business needs from a customer to a proper technical and financial solution. Preparing a solution draft and including other parties to combine best-fit solutions for end-user. Comparing solutions of other vendors, aligning similar offers with ours.Knowing Dell EMC, HPE, LENOVO, VEEAM, VMWARE, MICROSOFT, ZERTOand other solutions, and portfolio.Assisting and advising in projects delivery. A lead of a presales team, responsible for coordination and collaboration with all parties involved in a proposition. Providing relevant information from business prospects and aligning them with technical possibilities. Combining all together to a proper offer with the best fit for the customer.Presenting different case studies or solutions on public events and conferences (NTK..)Project management. Responsible for a technical delivery team of 20 people. Responsible for project delivery within budget and timeline. Responsible for corrective maintenance delivery on SLA requirements.Responsible for the education of the delivery team. Responsible for project delivery & project management. Leading team of 15 technicians and engineers of different profiles and knowledge. Coordinating preventive and proactive tasks. Taking care of proper utilization, good knowledge, and positive energy among the technical team as well as between the sales and technical team.Beenig responsible for financial plan of the team.Introduced a helpdesk concept to company as well as introduced a helpdesk tool. Collaboration with sales & services teams to build the best-fit offer for current & potential customers. Designing and presenting technical solutions to internal sales team & to end customers.Maintaining certification level regarding vendor requirements . Configuring, implementing and maintenance of storage & servers. Educating junior engineers, making a relationship with potential and current customers. Taking care of proactive services. Implementation and maintenance of Datacenter & User equipment different vendors.

  • Cloud&Infra team lead / Presales

    Feb 2022 - May 2023

  • Senior Solutions Architect

    Feb 2019 - May 2023

  • Presales Consultant

    Nov 2017 - Feb 2019

  • Technical Delivery Manager

    Jan 2015 - Nov 2017

  • Technical manager

    Sept 2010 - Jan 2015

  • Presales Consultant

    Sept 2008 - Sept 2010

  • Senior Storage Engineer

    Jan 2005 - Sept 2008

  • System Engineer

    Apr 1997 - Jan 2005
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  EVJ, trgovina in storitve d.o.o.

  May 2023 - now

  As the director of the company, I have successfully started the company's restructuring, reorganized the employees, and optimized the work processes to ensure a more efficient use of working hours. Leading sales and purchasing teamRefresh the list of procurement partners for better profitCreate Power BI report for daily reporting

  • Chief Executive Officer

    Jan 2024 - now

  • Sales And Purchasing Manager

    May 2023 - Jan 2024